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New York Times, Wednesday, April 12, 2000

Author:
Peter Gordon
Editor:
Will Shortz
15-Down : With "The," Tom Clancy novel, after a pregnant pause?
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Peter Gordon

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 76, Blocks: 38 Missing: {QVZ} Spans: 1 This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Gordon. Wednesday freshness: 19%
Jim Horne notes:

See the notes on this puzzle for a charming story on what all this pregnancy was about.

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© 2000, The New York Times4/12/0 ( No. 18,418 )
Across
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Woody's "Scenes From a Mall" co-star : BETTE
6
Manx of the house? : PET
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"Yes, ___" : MAAM
13
Bucolic : RURAL
14
Leave breathless : AWE
15
"___ la vista, baby" : HASTA
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Susan Lucci's Emmy-winning soap role : ERICA
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Superman foe : LEXLUTHOR
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1992 U.S. Open golf champion : TOMKITE
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Like some stores of old : TENCENT
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The Untouchables' leader : NESS
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Named yet unnamed : NTH
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Fished : ANGLED
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Bread in the oven : LOAF
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Tub with a whirlpool : SPA
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Sans-___ type : SERIF
35
The silent brother : HARPO
36
Fancy calculator button : TAN
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John Philip Sousa, after a pregnant pause? : THEDECEMBERKING
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Poetic preposition : ERE
41
Fedora parts : BRIMS
42
Down time : RANDR
43
Triathlon part : RUN
44
Steak order : RARE
45
Pain soother : BENGAY
46
Strong joe : MUD
47
Line on a map : ROAD
49
Opens : UNSEALS
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Still fresh : UNJADED
58
March of Time presentations : NEWSREELS
60
Shylock's doing : USURY
61
Dog in "Blondie" : DAISY
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Snapper trapper : NET
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City in northern France : LILLE
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Wild revelry : ORGY
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Hairstyles : DOS
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Certain locks : YALES
Down
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Cy Young winner Saberhagen : BRET
2
New money : EURO
3
Fit : TRIM
4
Sail a zigzag course : TACK
5
"Ishtar" director, after a pregnant pause? : ELAINEFEBRUARY
6
Loses color : PALES
7
"You," in a rebus puzzle : EWE
8
College book : TEXT
9
Part of a book? : MATCH
10
"A Hard Road to Glory" author : ASHE
11
Lots : ATON
12
K follower : MART
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With "The," Tom Clancy novel, after a pregnant pause? : HUNTFORREDJULY
18
Delaware Indian : LENAPE
20
Turner of TV channels : TED
23
Clink : SLAMMER
25
Disk-shaped flower : ASTER
26
1940s-'60s Indian P.M. : NEHRU
27
Inexperienced : GREEN
28
Jar part : LID
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Globes : ORBS
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Smart : STING
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Stuffed animal at a carnival : PANDA
33
Ticked off : ANGRY
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___ to the throne : HEIR
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Grave's counterpart : CRADLE
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Okla. neighbor : KAN
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Proscribe : BAN
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Slovenly : MESSY
48
Gives the boot : OUSTS
49
Word processing command : UNDO
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Approach : NEAR
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Gulp of liquor : SWIG
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Enrapture : SEND
54
China setting : ASIA
55
Like dishwater : DULL
56
Creator of Perry and Della : ERLE
57
Batiking needs : DYES
59
Many an August birth : LEO

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4 unique to this puzzle, 3 debuted here and reused later.

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